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“Marigolds,” a Poem About Wonder | Safiya Sinclair | TED

Poet Safiya Sinclair performs “Marigolds: A Letter to Wonder,” an original poem she created for TED that explores memory, beauty and the fragility of life. After the poem, she talks with TED’s Helen Walters about her writing process — and what it feels like when the creative muse strikes. (Recorded at TEDNext 2024 on October…

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October 8, 2025

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@daringendrek6074

October 8, 2025 at 3:02 pm

I did not know Ted did poems

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@skittlez8094

October 8, 2025 at 3:36 pm

Ah~ I read this in high school, couldn’t understand it much back then. Yet it’s so memorable I still remember how I pictured a few scenes

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- @danshillabeer9523
  
  October 8, 2025 at 5:00 pm
  
  Isn’t it sad that we assume that learning is just for the young?
  
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@Ntuthuko032

October 8, 2025 at 3:46 pm

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October 8, 2025 at 5:26 pm

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October 8, 2025 at 5:35 pm

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@jawspop8620

October 8, 2025 at 5:42 pm

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October 8, 2025 at 6:10 pm

Fantastic

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October 8, 2025 at 7:26 pm

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October 8, 2025 at 9:58 pm

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@lionelgreenea9305

October 9, 2025 at 12:39 am

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!! 😢….

Thank you! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Sofiiya

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@ExistentialWolf

October 9, 2025 at 10:15 am

Keep biting the bark sinks in ;D

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@lifemotivation6789

October 9, 2025 at 10:29 am

Absolutely breathtaking 🌼✨ — this piece feels like a prayer woven in sunlight and soil. The imagery, the tenderness, the rhythm — it all blooms with memory, love, and legacy. “A daughter dreamt from the dirt” — what a powerful reminder that beauty, strength, and wonder often grow from the simplest, most sacred places. Truly poetic and soul-stirring.

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@TyEMW1014

October 9, 2025 at 6:18 pm

my poems? it was probably Rosalind and Kindra… and my digitial music on myspace.
grimes

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